How much is Cassandra Peterson worth?
| Net Worth: | $4 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional actress |
| Date of Birth: | 17 September 1951 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.7 m |
About Cassandra Peterson
Peterson made the move to Italy in the early 1970s and quickly established himself as the main singer of the Italian rock bands I Latins 80 and The Snails. She won a small part in the film Roma after Federico Fellini, the director of films, was introduced to her by the producer of a documentary about Las Vegas showgirls in which she had starred. The documentary was about the showgirls in Las Vegas. When she got back to the United States, she went on the road with a musical and comedy group called Mamma’s Boys and performed at nightclubs and discotheques all over the country.
has an estimated net worth of $4 million dollars, as of 2023. Peterson rose to popularity hosting Elvira’s Movie Macabre, a weekly B movie show, on Los Angeles television station KHJ-TV in her stage persona of Elvira.
Peterson was born in the city of Manhattan in the state of Kansas. She was scalded by boiling water when she was a little child, which resulted in her needing skin grafts to cover more than 35 percent of her body in order to recuperate. Because of this, she was obliged to stay in the hospital for a total of three months. On the other hand, Peterson claimed in an interview that she gave for the podcast Inside of You, which is hosted by actor Michael Rosenbaum, that her scars were caused by a fire.
Although she was only 17 years old at the time, she was able to convince her parents to let her sign a contract despite the fact that she was only inspired by Ann-Margret in the film Viva Las Vegas and that she wanted to see a live show while on a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, while she was still in high school. The live show was where she was noticed by the production staff.
She returned to Las Vegas as soon as she received her high school diploma, where she worked as a showgirl in Frederic Apcar’s groundbreaking production of “Vive Les Girls!” at The Dunes. It was then that she was introduced to Elvis Presley, and the two of them went on a date.
In 1979, she became a member of The Groundlings, an improvisational comedy troupe located in Los Angeles. While there, she developed a role resembling a Valley girl, which later became the foundation for the Elvira persona.
In 1981, six years after the passing of Larry Vincent, who featured as host Sinister Seymour on a weekend horror show called Fright Night in Los Angeles, show producers began to bring the show back. Fright Night was known as “Fright Night.”
In 1981, Peterson wed the musician Mark Pierson, and he quickly became her personal manager after their marriage. They separated on February 14, 2003, after having one child together, a girl named Sadie Pierson who was born on October 12, 1994. In 1981, while production on the third Gilligan’s Island television movie was about to begin, Peterson was one of two finalists being considered for the role of Ginger Grant. However, she was ultimately passed over for the part. Soon after that, she received a job offer from KHJ-TV to become their horror host. In addition, Peterson was a host on the radio station KROQ-FM 106.7 in Los Angeles from the years 1982 to 1983.
It was in 1993 when she taped the pilot episode of The Elvira Show for CBS. An adaptation of the 1988 film with a comedy setting, the idea of the show saw Elvira and her family relocating into a new neighborhood with her older aunt and dealing with nosy neighbors and uptight conservatives who all want them to get out. The show was based on the original film from 1988. In addition to Katherine Helmond, the cast included Phoebe Augustine, Cristine Rose, Ted Henning, Lynne Marie Stewart, Claudette Wells, John Paragon, and Laurie Faso. Basil Hoffman was also a part of the cast. A television network did not choose to carry it.
Elvira’s Movie Macabre made a comeback to television syndication in September 2010, and this time it included films that were in the public domain. It was announced in October 2014 that a new series called 13 Nights of Elvira, which would consist of a total of thirteen episodes, had been produced for Hulu. The first episode of the show aired on October 19, 2014, and it continued to air up until Halloween.
On September 21, 2021, Peterson published her autobiography under the title Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark. She admitted in the book that she has been dating a woman named Teresa “T” Wierson since 2002. The relationship was revealed in the book. After Peterson’s divorce from her husband, they got together and had a love connection shortly after. In the book, she also claims that basketball player Wilt Chamberlain sexually assaulted her while she was attending a party at his estate in Bel Air in the 1970s.
Summing-Up
The success of Elvira’s Movie Macabre resulted in the production of the film Elvira: Mistress of the Dark in 1988, followed by the film Elvira’s Haunted Hills in 2001, both of which starred Peterson in the role of Elvira. The television program was resurrected in 2010, and Elvira served as the host for films that were in the public domain. It aired on This TV until 2011. Elvira made her comeback as a horror hostess in 2014 with a series called 13 Nights of Elvira, which was produced by Hulu and consisted of 13 episodes. She then returned to the role in 2021 for a one-night 40th Anniversary Special that was broadcast on Shudder.
